"Nine Heavens Shaking" targeted space, while "Five Elements Chaotic Cloak" targeted the laws of heaven and earth, yet both caused abnormal changes in those laws within a certain area. This was what had prompted Li Yan's ceaseless contemplation.
After Li Yan came to his senses and thought back over the reason for this breakthrough, he immediately realized something: while comprehending the Divine Ability "Nine Heavens Shaking," he must have triggered "Five Elements Chaotic Cloak," which had sunk deep into his root bone.
The differences and similarities between the two had given him a new understanding as he compared them, whereupon he had slipped into a state of lucid emptiness and successfully broken through.
Just now, the moment the thought occurred to him, he had used "Five Elements Chaotic Cloak" again and unexpectedly discovered a trace of the intent of shaking within it...
Li Yan's eyes narrowed. As he circulated the blood and qi throughout his body, the space around him twisted and shook once more. This time, however, the "disorder" of heaven and earth's five elements was even more intense. After another three or four breaths, Li Yan dispersed his blood and qi.
He had immediately used "Nine Heavens Shaking" this time. Sure enough, he sensed traces of disorder in the laws of heaven and earth's five elements within it as well, though the two still had their respective primary and secondary aspects.
They really are showing signs of merging, but who knows whether this outcome is good or bad? In the future, will I only need to use one technique, or will the two always retain their primary and secondary aspects, but gain a different increase in power...?
These two techniques had actually begun to "join" their paths through the connections drawn by his comprehension. Each had only "joined"